If that's middle class, what's lower class, Mittens?

[Phillip V]

To me, any household with an income over $150k is on the wealthier end of things.

Anyway, how do you know how much your brother's household brings in?  I have no idea what my brother makes as that's something I'd never ask him (nor tell him if he asked).

Would you help your brother financially if he has money problems?

[Caliga]

I haven't even thought about that, since the chances of it happening are pretty small.  He's a regulatory compliance manager for T-Mobile, and his soon-to-be wife is a chemical engineer at DuPont.

[Grey Fox]

To me, any household with an income over $150k is on the wealthier end of things.

Anyway, how do you know how much your brother's household brings in?  I have no idea what my brother makes as that's something I'd never ask him (nor tell him if he asked).

Why are you so obtuse with money with your family?

[Caliga]

  I figured I was the normal one here, not the other way around.

[Grey Fox]

I figured I was the normal one here, not the other way around.

Maybe you are.

[Eddie Teach]

Why are you so obtuse with money with your family?

Obtuse? 

[dps]

I figured I was the normal one here, not the other way around.

I don't know what my brother makes either, except that it's a heck of a lot more than what I make.  About all I know about his finances is that his mortgage payment is almost as much as my take-home pay, and he makes enough that he can pay that and a car payment, and his wife can afford to be a stay-at-home wife and not work.

[Caliga]

Well yeah... I'm sure my brother assumes that I make more than he does, since I'm five years further along in my career track than he is and I work for an employer that he can reasonably guess pays very well.  But I've never told him how much or even given him a ballpark.

We both kinda know we're doing well enough to consider making joint real estate investments, though.

[Phillip V]

I do not know specific finances of my siblings, but I strive for a mild awareness (especially of their debts) so that I can plan for future emergencies in which they (and my parents) may need my time and money.

[HVC]

We both kinda know we're doing well enough to consider making joint real estate investments, though.

bad, bad idea. Bad.

[Caliga]

My brother and I are really close.  There's a good chance we would never agree on anything (which wouldn't result in hurt feelings), but if we did we'll make it work.

[Phillip V]

My brother and I are really close.  There's a good chance we would never agree on anything (which wouldn't result in hurt feelings), but if we did we'll make it work.

Did you approve each other's spouse before marriage?

[Caliga]

Not in any formal sense, but he made it clear that he did NOT like my college girlfriend... I wasn't really planning on marrying her anyway, so it didn't really matter though.  He also made it clear that he liked Princesca.  On the flip side, he really wanted me to meet his girlfriend before he considered marrying her, and I told him he found a keeper.

He wanted the four of us to go on a cruise during which he was going to propose to his girlfriend, but I got a new job at the last minute and felt like I could no longer take the time off, so he ended up going to Menorca with her and proposing there.

[Ed Anger]

My bro ran background checks on my girlfriends.

[Phillip V]

Not in any formal sense, but he made it clear that he did NOT like my college girlfriend... I wasn't really planning on marrying her anyway, so it didn't really matter though.  He also made it clear that he liked Princesca.  On the flip side, he really wanted me to meet his girlfriend before he considered marrying her, and I told him he found a keeper.

He wanted the four of us to go on a cruise during which he was going to propose to his girlfriend, but I got a new job at the last minute and felt like I could no longer take the time off, so he ended up going to Menorca with her and proposing there.

My bro ran background checks on my girlfriends.